Number of people counted

Total population

1,143 people usually live in Patea. This is a decrease of 159 people, or 12.2 percent, since the 2001 Census.

Patea has 1.1 percent of Taranaki Region's population.

Population of Patea and Taranaki Region, 2006 Census

Patea

Taranaki Region

Male

552

51,144

Female

588

52,983

Total

1,143

104,124

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Number of occupied dwellings counted

There are 489 occupied dwellings in Patea.

For Taranaki Region as a whole, there are 40,461 occupied dwellings.

Note: This data has been randomly rounded to protect confidentiality. Individual figures may not add up to totals, and values for the same data may vary in different text, tables and graphs. For areas with small populations, the data may not look as expected because of this rounding.